Powers, North Bend And Coquille Students Advance To State Competition

A team of middle school “Math-letes” from Powers Junior High have won the recent MATHCOUNTS competition. Members of the winning team are: Christian Burns, Lucas Middlebrook, Kathrynn Pedrick, and Jackson Stallard. Their coach is Lindy Stallard. The second and third place teams are North Bend Middle School and Coquille Valley Middle School, respectively. The top individuals are 1st place: Jackson Stallard, Powers Junior High; 2nd place: Kaia Martin, North Bend Middle School; and 3rd place: James Farlow North Bend Middle School.

The top team and top two individuals not on the winning team will now advance to the State Competition, to be held in in Corvallis on Saturday March 9th at Covell Hall on the Oregon State University campus.

In our increasingly technological society, those students who do not begin developing strong problem-solving, logical thinking and analytical abilities in middle school will face an uphill battle later in life if they wish to pursue a medical, scientific, mathematical, engineering or technical career. As a national math enrichment, coaching and competition program designed to improve math skills among U.S. students, MATHCOUNTS prepares students for future career opportunities and success. More than 6 million students across the U.S. have participated in the MATHCOUNTS program.

The Southwest Chapter of the Professional Engineers of Oregon sponsors the regional program. Special thanks are offered to Jordan Cove Energy Project for their donation and Ryan Bronson (Lone rock Timber), as well as local engineering firms Koos Engineering, Stuntzner Engineering and Forestry, The Dyer Partnership, and SHN Consulting Engineers.

The National Sponsors of MATHCOUNTS are Raytheon Company, Northrop Grumman Foundation, U.S. Department of Defense, National Society of Professional Engineers, CNA Foundation, ConocoPhillips, Texas Instruments Incorporated, 3M Foundation, Art of Problem Solving and NextThought. MATHCOUNTS was founded by the National Society of Professional Engineers, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and CNA Foundation. Learn more about MATHCOUNTS at www.mathcounts.org.